To be clear: It's not "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel after comments about Charlie Kirk," it's "ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel after threats from Trump FCC chair" The distinction matters here.

“We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them; and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” was what Kimmel said.

First Colbert, now Kimmel. Last-minute settlements, secret side deals, multi-billion dollar mergers pending Donald Trump's approval. Trump silencing free speech stifles our democracy. It sure looks like giant media companies are enabling his authoritarianism.

The Jimmy Kimmel move comes as Nexstar has made a deal to acquire broadcast station heavyweight Tegna in a $6.2 billion deal, which will require government approval, Brian Stelter reports.

This is what happens when you ask him about his crypto scam. He won’t have to worry about that as long as he keeps the foreign press away.

I had their numbers back during Iraq. But its nice to have it illustrated

Amazing self own Brendan🤡

Does anyone find it strange that a foreign PM keeps talking about an American influencer?

I am antifa. I'm also the IT department. The ENTIRE IT department mind you

My 7 year old: You should watch it. If daddy says it's a good movie it's a good movie. He's a man of honor and would not lie

This would be another red line crossed: Career prosecutors aren’t political people. They’re trained to look at the facts & the law & determine whether admissible evidence is sufficient to prove a crime. But Trump wants revenge prosecutions, whether there is evidence or not.

Workmanship.

The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know. It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda. 1/ Let me tell you the short story. It's chilling.

3 Trump allies, who faced nearly $820M in penalties—Devon Archer ($60M), Trevor Milton ($660M), Carlos Watson ($97M)—will now pay nothing. Pardons and commutations erased all prison time & restitution & SEC dismissals wiped civil fines. Justice is reserved for the well-connected.

Still crazy that the republicans voted against releasing the Epstein files two hours after Charlie Kirk was killed because they knew no one was paying attention

Get Sinclair and Nexstar to cover the difference. Sometimes, just for my own private gag reel, I like to imagine in what timeline this move was going to work out for Disney. Like, what hypothetical customer base did they think they had?

Scutter ya big fat roaches! variety.com/2025/tv/news/n…